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Natasha Sutherland: Celebrity Emcee

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Natasha Sutherland is an author, actress, workshop facilitator, student, mom, and lover of chocolate.

Natasha has been a part of the South African television and theatre industry for over 20 years. Her most remembered roles were the presenter for the kiddies TV series, ‘Kideo’, as well as the part of Sam Ryan in the TV soapie, ‘Egoli’. Natasha is presently on our screens daily in ‘Scandal’ on e.tv as Layla Mackenzie. Follow Natasha on Twitter.

She travels the country conducting motivational talks about crisis control, finding your potential and life enrichment.

Natasha Sutherland is regularly requested for articles, interviews and contributions for magazines and TV shows such as Your Family, Sarie, Good Housekeeping, Noelene’s 3 Talk, Hello Doctor , and e.tv’s Sunrise to discuss subjects on helping children cope with divorce, empowerment for women and children in the face of abuse, actualizing potential and purpose, to name but a few.

For the past three years, Natasha Sutherland – Celebrity Speaker & MC has been studying logotherapy (meaning centred therapy) through UNISA’s Centre for Applied Psychology.

Receiving distinction in her studies Natasha is now an Associate of Logotherapy and is continuing this year with obtaining a Diplomate in Research Logotherapy.

Natasha Sutherland – Celebrity Speaker MC was a columnist for Finesse Magazine.

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Voted in past years 2011 & 2012, & again this year 2014 by the readers, & won the Finesse Voelgoed Doengoed Vrou 2014.

Her first book ‘Bittersweet – Confessions of a Freshly Single’ / ‘Bittersoet- Die Hartsgeheime van ‘n Enkelvrou’, sold over 35 000 copies and in 2010 Natasha brought out a children’s book called ‘Green & Blue’ / ‘Groen & Blou’.

Natasha’s latest book ‘Fairytale – A Quest for Muchness’ / ‘Sprokie – n Soeke na Sprankel’ was released in February 2011.

The book went into second reprint within the first two weeks of its release.

Natasha Sutherland is currently the Brand Ambassador for the proudly South African Beauty brand Placecol and Dream Nails and Body.

But of all her accomplishments Natasha is most proud of her children, Benjamin and Sebastian, whom she claims are her ‘biggest teachers and inspiration!’

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